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Ed Miliband has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of selling off the Royal Mail at "mates' rates" to friends in the City.
In furious exchanges in the House of Commons, the Labour leader branded Mr Cameron "the dunce of Downing Street" for selling a majority of the company for £1.4 billion less than its current valuation, while the Prime Minister dismissed him and shadow chancellor Ed Balls as "muppets" in return.
Mr Cameron said Labour had tried and failed to sell a share in the Royal Mail when it was in power. But the Prime Minister slipped up by claiming that a sell-off was promised in Labour's manifesto for the 2010 general election, when the document promised "continuing modernisation and investment... in the public sector".
During their regular weekly clash at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Miliband challenged Mr Cameron to name today's share price, compared with the initial sale offering of 330p.
"You sold at 330p and this morning the price was 563p," said the Labour leader. "It is basic maths - not so much the wolf of Wall Street, more the dunce of Downing Street."
Mr Cameron replied: "I will take a lecture from almost anyone in the country about the sale of Royal Mail, but not from the two muppets who advised the last chancellor on selling the gold. There they sit, not a word of apology for £9 billion wasted."
Mr Miliband told the Prime Minister: "The taxpayer... got £1.4 billion less for this valuable asset than it is worth today.
"A third of the shares were sold to just 16 City investors. And get this - there was a gentleman's agreement those City investors wouldn't sell the shares. What happened? Within weeks, half of those shares had been sold and they made a killing worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
"In other words, mates' rates to your friends in the City."
Mr Cameron said the questions were only being raised because Mr Miliband was "paid to by the trade unions".
He told the Commons: "You sat in a Cabinet that wanted to privatise the Royal Mail - that was the commitment.
"What happened was the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union said this: 'In terms of the last Labour government, they tried to privatise the Royal Mail, it was the unions that brought the government to its senses'.
"Once again, they were weak in government because they couldn't carry out their policies, they are weak in opposition because they don't support shareholding by post workers in the Royal Mail, they are weak because they have no economic policy, and they are weak because they have got no plan."
But Mr Miliband continued his attack: "You have gone as red as a post box and that is because you have lost £1.4 billion for the taxpayer.
"This is a taxpayer sale nobody wanted and nobody voted for. A national asset sold at a knockdown price to make a fortune for the few.
"It's a symbol of a Government which stands up for the wrong people, with the British people paying the price."
Mr Cameron said: "What happened is the taxpayer is £2 billion better off. Anyone who sold shares has missed out on what is a successful business.
"The truth is this. You sat in a Cabinet that wanted to privatise the Royal Mail, they couldn't do it... because the trade unions won't let them. There are now 140,000 shareholders working for the Royal Mail, there are almost three-quarters of a million members of the public with shares.
"These are signs for celebration in our country, not talking them down because they are anti-market, anti-competitive, and anti-business."
Mr Cameron mocked Mr Miliband over a job advert placed by Labour for a broadcasting adviser, which said the successful candidate must be "prepared to work closely with different teams across the Labour Party with the ability to build consensus with a range of stakeholders".
"I think that must be the hardest job in Britain," Mr Cameron joked.
"Nothing has changed in the Labour Party - no wonder they have advertised this week for someone to bring fresh ideas to the leadership."
Mr Cameron ended the exchange by saying: "It's a sale nobody wanted? It was in your manifesto! It was a commitment of the last government.
"They worked so hard, they failed to do it, but this coalition Government privatised the Royal Mail, created thousands of new shareholders, have a great business working for Britain.
"We have seen it all from Labour this week. They are advertising for fresh ideas, people around you are fighting like ferrets in a sack. And get this - their top adviser is called Arnie, and he has gone to America.
"But unlike Arnie, he said 'I'm not coming back'. They are warring, they are weak and they haven't got a plan."
Immediately after the exchanges, Labour MP Jon Ashworth raised a point of order, saying that Mr Cameron should be ordered to return to the House to correct his assertion about the party's manifesto pledge. But the request was turned down by Speaker John Bercow.


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By Megan Vick
In December, our Charity Spotlight was on the Rotary Foundation and Rotary International. In Cary, North Carolina, the Rotary Club of Cary-Kildaire collaborated with the Rotary Club of Mussoorie, India. These two clubs collaborated to provide sanitation and pure drinking water facilities to three schools in India. I was able to ask Scott Rossi a bit more about the completion of the project.
Fridge Filters:Scott, can you tell us more about the project and its completion?
Scott Rossi: The first phase of the 'Purified Drinking Water System and Sanitary Facility Project' undertaken by the clubs was dedicated to the students of MY Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Gandhi Niwas, Mussoorie on Monday, 27th June 2011. Read More

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Charlotte-based Belk, Inc., has jumped on the early Black Friday bandwagon, announcing its stores will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for the first time this year.
Belk joins Macy's, J.C. Penney, Kohl's and other retailers who have moved their opening times to Thanksgiving itself this year. The 8 p.m. Thursday opening is Belk's earliest ever for Black Friday (for comparison, in past years Belk opened at 3 a.m. on Black Friday).
Toys 'R' Us, Target, Walmart, Sears and Kmart already started opening on Thanksgiving in the last two years, hoping to lure customers to finish their Black Friday shopping before competitors opened.
"Thanksgiving is a holiday centered around good food, family and friends," said Jon Pollack, Belk executive vice president, in a statement. "Over the years that tradition has evolved into one that includes shopping and other activities that families enjoy together outside of the home. It's in response to that trend that we open our doors to customers at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving night for their shopping convenience."
The slew of early store openings announced this year likely mean that Black Friday will start on Thursday night for the foreseeable future. What do you think? Will you join the early crowds? Below is a list of Belk's doorbuster early deals.
"The first 250 customers at each store at the 8 p.m. opening on Thanksgiving will receive a free Belk gift card with a value ranging from$5 to $1,000, and with a guaranteed $1,000 gift card winner in each of the company's 301 stores.
- $19.99 ND New Directions sweaters
- $39.99 ND New Directions 5-piece luggage set
- $19.99 Rampage boots
- $99.99 Keurig Elite single serve brewer (plus $20 Belk gift card by mail-in rebate)
- $19.99 iLive portable Bluetooth music player
- $24.99 Sharper Image camera binoculars
- 40 – 60% off men's and women's casual and athletic shoes
- 50 – 70% off men's and women's watches
- 50% off handbags
- 55 – 75% off Belk and Co. Fine Jewelers jewelry
- 60% off kids' dresswear and sportswear
- 55 – 65% off women's favorite brand better sportswear
- 50 – 65% off women's designer brands
- 45 – 60% off kids' toys, games and more
- 35 – 70% off luggage, throws, towels and more
- 50 – 70% off kitchen electrics, cookware and bakeware"


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The guest-only outdoor pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc was dynamited out of the adjacent cliff face on the Côte d'Azur.
At the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, guests swim in seawater heated to a temperate 82°F and have a perfect view over the infinity edge of the Mediterranean.
Order a prickly-pear margarita to enhance the desert flavor during the day while you swim in the pool at Amangiri in Canyon Point, Utah.
Amangiri, in Sanskrit, means "peaceful mountain"—and the most peaceful of those found here may be the 80-foot- high, Jurassic-period sandstone escarpment that rises from the middle of the resort's U-shaped pool.
Test the tranquil waters any time of night: Amangiri's pool is open 24 hours.
At Amangiri, guests can kick back in one of the lounges or king-size daybeds and take in the views of Utah's dramatic mesas.
The guest-only infinity pool at Hotel Chocolat in St. Lucia is lined with black quartz tiles.
Ten lounge chairs line the poolside pine deck, pretty much assuring time by the pool for every guest of the 14 cottages and cabins at the Hotel Chocolat.
From your lounge at the Hotel Chocolat, you can request poolside service of chocolaty treats, like a Bellini infused with fresh cacao pulp from the company's nearby groves.
This $9 million infinity pool at the Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea seems to roll out in Wailea Bay 53 feet below.
The fountain pool at the Four Seasons in Wailea, the southwestern shore of Maui.
Open only to guests who are 21 plus, this 120-foot-long saltwater pool has four inlets that perpetually bubble, and its swim-up bar delivers thirst-quenching treats like vodka mojitos.
The amoeba-shaped pool at Qasr Al Sarab in Abu Dhabi rivals a football field in sheer size.
Guests at Qasr Al Sarab often stand in the shallow end of the curvy oasis, next to the bar, and observe the pool butlers bringing cold towels, iced fruit popsicles, and other treats to sun-worshippers on the 140 chaise lounges that line the sandstone patio.
The Park Hyatt Tokyo's sleek, 47th-floor swimming pool has jaw-dropping vistas of Tokyo and even venerable Mount Fuji.
The 65-foot-long, four-lane pool at the Park Hyatt Tokyo is striking at night, when the city outside comes to life.
You can take small sailboats out on the saltwater pool at San Alfonso del Mar, in Algarrobo, Chile. The pool measures two-thirds of a mile in length—Guinness World Records calls it the largest in the world.
For nighttime swimming at San Alfonso del Mar, head to the temperature-controlled beach inside the pool's centrally located glass pyramid—the water and the sand are heated.
The Hotel Caruso Belvedere is set at the highest point in the sun-splashed Amalfi Coast town of Ravello, Italy, so the open-air infinity pool offers unobstructed, panoramic views of one of the world's most dramatic coastlines—and the sea beyond.
Inside the massive, 347-room Umaid Bhawan Palace, this serene, temperature-controlled swimming basin takes advantage of natural candlelight.
The two-acre pool deck at the Viceroy Miami features Japanese blueberry trees, swanky chaise lounges and beds, and three types of pools: an 80-person hot tub, a wading pool, and a football-field-size swimming pool.
The Viceroy Miami's pool is 15 floors above the street, with in-the-middle-of-it-all views of downtown Miami and glimpses of Biscayne Bay in the distance.
Set on the third floor of the InterContinental Hong Kong, the hotel's three pools—two hot and one cold, but all with underwater music piped in—give the almost unnerving illusion that you're floating in Victoria Harbor.
You'll swim with five species of sharks (16 sharks in all!) at the Golden Nugget's $30 million pool complex in Las Vegas.
Take a waterslide straight through the Golden Nugget's 200,000-gallon shark tank. You'll see stingrays, massive Queensland grouper, and silvery jack crevalle, too.
The Quincy Hotel's pool suspends swimmers 12 floors above Singapore's passing cars and pedestrians at street level.
The Al Bustan Palace InterContinental Muscat in Oman has a spacious, 164-foot-long infinity pool flanked by shady, palm-studded islands. The water is temperature controlled, so it's always an oasis-like 84 degrees.
You look straight out into the Gulf of Thailand from the Anantara Bophut Resort & Spa's 98-foot-long infinity pool at this stylish resort on the island of Samui.
If the views at the Anantara Bophut Resort & Spa aren't soothing enough, order a stiff drink at the swim-up bar and laugh it off with the comical, spitting monkey statues along the pool's perimeter.
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1940s Trend For Fall 2011
Fall 2011 Trend Breakdown: How to Wear '40s-Inspired Style
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Fall 2011 Trend Breakdown: How to Wear '40s-Inspired Style
The call to '40s elegance was all over the Fall runways, drawing us in with classic glamour from Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and Miu Miu. It's that '40s influence we first garnered from greats like Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner that's now showing up on the pages of Vogue Australia and celebrity favorites like Diane Kruger and Camilla Belle. There are of course more than a few ways to wear it, from the easy androgynous takes in double-breasted blazers and wide-leg pants to the ultra-feminine iterations in pretty pleats and printed dresses, all with nipped waists. To perfect that '40s-era drama, just keep these tips in mind:
- Look for feminine detailing like pleats, cinched waists, and peplum to perfect the decade's ladylike tilt.
- Look for key fabrics like tweed and printed silks to lend the vintage stylized quality you're after on skirts, dresses, and trousers.
- If you're too shy to go for a full-bodied look, opt for vintage-inspired prints like polka dots to channel the trend with ease — and without high risk.
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abstract sailboat art, cats and sailboats, cricketdiane, cricketdiane art and design, cricketdiane designer stuff, cute cat art, How To Paint Ocean, how to paint ocean watercolor sailboats, how to paint sailboats, Ocean, Ocean paintings, Ocean Waves
A copy of the post called,
"How to Paint Sparkling Ocean – Sea Waves in watercolors – Cats and Boats – Abstract Nautical Sailboat Sea Paintings and How to"
from August 2, 2009 (that I wrote on this blog.)
Reply and Comment on my blog – 08-01-09
Submitted on 2009/07/31 at 9:23am
am trying to lern to paint ocean water, transparent water with little waves on a beach .Do you have any DVDs that I can buy, or suggest some to me,that would be good, and where I can get them,Thankyou, MILAN CVJETIC.
My Reply – 08-01-09
Submitted on 2009/07/31 at 5:26pm
I'm sure there aren't any I would watch – but that's because it would be easier to get out some paint and play with it until it does what I want. Today, there isn't a dvd that I've made about creating ocean waves in watercolor, however try this –
Imagine what the finished piece will be and the moment that you want to capture.
Everywhere there is to be sparkle, foam or waves – don't put any paint there. Don't wet the entire watercolor paper, but instead paint with limited areas of wetness across the page from side to side where the foam, sparkle and froth of the waves will not be.
Sounds pretty backwards, doesn't it? In essence, paint everything in deep hues where the sea is getting deeper away from the viewer until it nears the horizon while leaving the irregular shapes of the wave crests near the viewer and where there are hints of building waves in the middle behind the detailed areas in the foreground.
There is a dry brush technique that works great for sparkle in watercolor – try it first on a separate piece of watercolor paper. Fill the dry paintbrush (stiff bristles have one set of effects, soft bristles have a different look done this way) with paint by gently, lightly dragging it across the top of the paint so it doesn't fill the bristles completely. Then pull the color across the page drifting it across the surface in one smooth motion. Each swipe across the surface will fill in some of the color under the sparkle. This isn't white paint in the brush, although you can do that with acrylics or oil paints.
For watercolors, the paper provides the only pure white in the painting, so when the sparkle happens – it is literally the paper showing through the other colors that convey visual information beneath the foam, the spray, the breaking wave froth, and the sparkly little bits that to the viewer seem to be on top of the water. It is easy to fill the brush with several colors of the water and sand to drag across the paper in front of a breaking wave to convey the sparkly foam in the shallows where we would splash and dig our toes into the wet sand.
There is a little shadow beneath each wave's crashing froth – it can be created with a light wash with only a hint of wet pigment slightly darker than the sea water and depending on the time of day in your painting, the frothiness of the wave can be captured with swirls of very, very thin prussian blue washes blended gently into the areas of white or using lightly wet soft bristles partially filled with a very, very thin wash of payne's grey. Try it on another piece of paper first.
The clouds and sky will be the same thing – where there are white volumes of clouds must be left unpainted because where the white paper is ever given a tint, it will never be white again. The horizon at certain times of day and in some weather conditions will be almost invisible and lighter than the surrounding upper sky or deep ocean areas. And, at other times it is well-defined and occasionally, deeper in color. What looks right in your mind's eye? Clouds can be defined from the white surface of the paper using light thin washes of blueish purple, grey, or cobalt that develop the curving forms of shadows beneath their fluffy round forms.
Sunsets and sunrises, afternoons and dusk, all have particular tints to everything. As long as the tints match throughout the painting, it can be believable as if your viewer is standing at that place at that time of day.
The best thing to do is to have some fun with experimenting to find the different effects that can happen, but the basic rule for painting in watercolor is that white areas are left clean and lightly developed, lighter values go on first and each layer of color builds to the darkest which is painted last, rather than first as in acrylics and oil paintings.
Great fun painting – can't wait to see the results!
– cricketdiane, 07-31-09
CricketDiane 2009 – "Caveat" (title) – 2.5″ x 3.5″ Baby Crickets Ocean Series Sailboat Nautical Abstract watercolor 2009, 2007 – how to paint ocean sea paintings – step by step how to paint watercolor sea paintings / ocean waves –
painting ocean waves, how to paint ocean sea waves paintings in watercolor,
Cricket House Studios Stuff – ocean paintings and how to paint ocean waves
[And the final work – ]
And, just for fun – one of the other cricketdiane pocket art card original paintings from 2007 – this one with a cat and a sailboat titled:
"Playing with Mama's Sailboat"
In this watercolor pocket art card that I created, a snuggly kitty is doing what dittling about that happens when cats are in my life – playing with my toys . . .
– cricketdiane, 08-02-09
Note – this painting above may be watercolor and acrylic or china white watercolor paint riding over the transparent watercolors for the white of the surf and foam in the foreground. I experimented with a lot of different techniques and tried different ways to get the ocean to look the way I remembered it. If it feels like I could splash my feet in it – then, it works as far as I'm concerned.
– cricketdiane 2009
ADDED – April 2012 –
If you would like to see the things I've been doing with my paintings of the ocean – you can find them here at a Zazzle store called, CricketDiane, of course –
This page has the small things with some of the ocean images that I've painted and I've figured out that if everybody buys one small thing – I will be able to fund starting my business properly – so I'm asking – please do . . .
A little magnet costs about $4 and it would help me to really get started making this into a real business with some appropriate startup funding. Thanks so much for wandering over to my blog and reading the things here and I do appreciate your interest – its very nifty.
Ah, and the actual store is here – but there is a lot of things on it besides ocean waves art and the category "Small Things" has a lot of images that I've created and put on products which would be very little to own, less than $10 for any of them. so everybody go buy one – — LOL, but definitely, yes please do.
Winter Sea – Save the Sea CricketDiane Button Pin by CricketDiane
Create buttons at zazzle.com
"Elegant Seascape" CricketDiane Ocean Art by CricketDiane
Create custom refrigerator magnets at Zazzle
The CricketDiane Store at Zazzle –
The CricketDiane Website – (which I just reworked and I'm still working on it, but some of it looks pretty good . . . )
Another page in the Ocean Waves Small Things category –
And, a quick note –
The other day, I went to make the products with the cat playing with mama's sailboat watercolor that I did and the zazzle site got buggared just as I was doing them – although it only lasted a few minutes, it means that those products are waiting to be completed. The art is already uploaded and it will just take a little while to get them made and then a day or two before they can be seen on the site once I've made them. Please check back in a few days if you would like things with that cutest little cat thing on them – and they will be there.
– cricketdiane
Yes, very nifty . . .


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On the third Tuesday of each month, our library offers staff development presentations on a wide range of topics — health, technology, etc. Today we enjoyed a presentation on library ethics by Dr. Jean Preer, who recently published a book on this topic. Her presentation from Indianapolis, IN, was communicated via a polycom audio and video connection in one of the fully equipped classrooms in HSEB, and was recorded and archived so staff who were unable to attend could view it at a later time.
Dr. Preer began her talk by talking about the history of library ethics, and pointed out that libraries did not develop a code of ethics until the early 1900's. Next she outlined four core aspects of current codes of ethics written by the American Library Association, the Medical Library Association, and the American Association of Law Libraries. All of these codes, and many others like them, share commitments to:
- Provide the highest level of service.
- Provide access to diverse points of view.
- Avoid conflicts of interest, both philosophical and financial
- Protect patron confidentiality.
After some interesting discussion, Dr. Preer went on to outline six principles of ethical practice in libraries:
- Abide by ethical values and practice
- Provide consistent service
- Provide identity-free services.
- Apply rules in a content-neutral way.
- Distinguish between personal beliefs and professional responsibilities.
- Make principles exceptions.
Discussions both during and after the presentation showed significant staff engagement with the topic, and the presentation was timely and highly relevant to our work.
Jean Preer is a professor in the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science-Indianapolis. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she earned her MLS degree at the University of California-Berkeley and a J.D. and a Ph.D. in American Civilization at George Washington University. Before joining the Indiana University faculty in 2002, she taught at the library school of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where she also served as Associate Dean. In 2006 she received the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2007, her essay, "Promoting Citizenship: Librarians Help Get Out the Vote in the 1952 Presidential Election," won the Justin Winsor Prize awarded by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association. She is the author of Library Ethics, published by Libraries Unlimited in 2008 and honored as the 2009 winner of the Greenwood Publishing Group Award for Best Book in Library Literature.


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Hiking the 'Himalayas of South America'
The air at 16,400 feet on San Antonio pass in Cordillera Huayhuash is notably thinner. It blows with just enough force to fill your soul, not quite enough to steal away your labored breath from the 2,000-foot ascent. The view does that. Known as the "Himalayas of South America," our most recent stomping ground kept us screaming with enthusiasm at every pass and every corner. In the distance, Yerupaja's elusive summit hides under the massive glacier pouring into the crystalline lake, carrying with it numerous stories of conquered and failed expedition attempts in this international climbing mecca. It is certainly not the first time we have found ourselves speechless, enveloped in the powerful mountain silence. Reflecting on our amazing journey, we are again bewildered by how this reality has unfolded. The language of outdoor adventure does not always translate easily. In Spanish, there is no translation for hiking or trekking or backpacking – they literally use the English words. No highly traveled trail system like the Appalachian Trail spans the entire continent of South America. But we wanted an all-in-one trip. A Continental-divide-trail-type adventure with more of a cultural aspect. The ideas began to snowball. A year later, in September 2011, Sarah Field, Trinity Ludwig and I took a year off from life north of the equator and embarked on an outdoor enthusiast's dream – "to hike, as much as our guiding principles allow, from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Ecuador-Columbia border over the course of a year." Our route has carried us more than 4,000 miles, past thundering glaciers to impenetrable bamboo forests, over arid desert hills and below mammoth Andean peaks. A combination of helpful locals, map study, Internet research and general reasoning guides our perpetual northern travel. Although poor signage and lack of information on trails is a challenge, the landscape continually surpasses our expectations. It seems almost impossible to summarize the extent of what we have seen and done.The Andes certainly deserve the respect and the fame they have received. The lack of traffic on the unbeaten paths and the grandeur of surrounding peaks make you feel as if you are the only one to know such beauty. Barren, desolate landscapes of both desert and glacier make you feel vulnerable yet virile. The typical undetailed tourist maps we pick up along the way do little to aid the anticipation of the paradise within: A wistful willow tree on a pristine beach in Los Alerces National Park; The stunning knife-ridge backdrop to Refugio Frey; Aruacaria trees whose 2,000-year-old mock tortoise-shell bark survives lava-flow; The raw, erosion-cut landscape of the desert; Humid jungle-like forests practically dripping in green; Herds of guanacos by the hundreds; Wide valleys paved with chromatic coral-esque pebbles, evidence of a primordial ocean; Vibrant red rocks and florescent green algae amongst stark black volcanic moonscapes.
National parks have been established for obvious reasons. Their beauty is undeniable. Torres del Paine's idyllic celestial turquoise water flanked by an island of dramatic snowcapped peaks would make any top 10 list, but it is the unplanned and unexpected that continue to leave us awestruck and pressing forward wanting more. Some of the most powerful things are not included in trail descriptions or adequately portrayed through a mere photo; stumbling onto puma tracks in Chacabuco; the ghostly glow of a lunar rainbow on the plains; the overnight flow of an iceberg; an owl surfing on the wind, pausing at arm's length; witnessing massive cornices break and subsequent avalanches; sunsets melting in the reflections of the Salar so beautiful you nearly cry; a majestic condor gliding only 60 feet above. These must be experienced in person. From the well-traveled national parks to private estates, we continue to form an unforgettable panorama of memories.We have been lucky to happen upon several hidden gems, especially in relation to the people we have met along the way. Southern hospitality stretches far south of the equator. A three-day hike from society in the middle of a gorgeous lush valley, we were taken in from the snowstorm by Don Rial, where we appropriately celebrated Thanksgiving with many thanks for an open home and heart. There have even been a few multi-day hikes where we have returned to "civilization" with more food than we packed at the start. Whether it is a ride to salvation from a dust storm or a piece of ground to pitch our tent, we have been continually reminded of the kindness of strangers. Several mat lessons and a couple of spontaneous horseback rides later, the Patagonian gaucho culture is securing its place deep in our hearts. After nearly 10 months on the trail, we never take a warm shower for granted and openly accept any home-cooked meals, no matter what is on the menu. We have adapted to the slow-moving lifestyle of South America, taking a deep breath and spending the extra hour picking fresh blackberries. Looking upward at night we see the familiar Orion's belt, and we have learned to identify the Southern Cross in the absence of the North Star. We know how much we will miss seeing the full moon rise over these foreign lands when we return home.Shelley Brook grew up in British Columbia and Kansas while dreaming of becoming a photographer, traveling the world, and learning from various cultures by living them. She spent two teenage summers in Canada & Costa Rica, with winter ski trips in Colorado. During college, she worked summers at Camp Cheley near Estes Park, sealing her love for the mountains. After a semester studying in Spain, she graduated from the University of Kansas in 2007. She worked four years as assistant manager in the sales office of the Breckenridge Ski and Ride School, exploring western parks and wilderness areas during off seasons, prior to launching her current year-long adventure in South America last September.
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Lactose Intolerance National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse What is lactose? Lactose is a sugar found in milk and milk products. The small intestine—the organ where most food digestion and nutrient absorption take place—produces an enzyme called lactase. Lactase breaks down lactose into two simpler forms of sugar: glucose and galactose. The body then absorbs these simpler sugars into the bloodstream. What is lactose intolerance? Lactose intolerance is a condition in which people have digestive symptoms—such as bloating, diarrhea, and gas—after eating or drinking milk or milk products. Lactase deficiency and lactose malabsorption may lead to lactose intolerance: • Lactase deficiency. In people who have a lactase deficiency, the small intestine produces low levels of lactase and cannot digest much lactose. • Lactose malabsorption. Lactase deficiency may cause lactose malabsorption. In lactose malabsorption, undigested lactose passes to the colon. The colon, part of the large intestine, absorbs water Large intestine Small intestine Colon (shaded) The digestive tract from stool and changes it from a liquid to a solid form. In the colon, bacteria break down undigested lactose and create fluid and gas. Not all people with lactase deficiency and lactose malabsorption have digestive symptoms. People have lactose intolerance when lactase deficiency and lactose malabsorption cause digestive symptoms. Most people with lactose intolerance can eat or drink some amount of lactose without having digestive symptoms. Individuals vary in the amount of lactose they can tolerate. People sometimes confuse lactose intolerance with a milk allergy. While lactose intolerance is a digestive system Four Types of Lactase Deficiency Four types of lactase deficiency may lead to lactose intolerance: • Primary lactase deficiency, also called lactase nonpersistence, is the most common type of lactase deficiency. In people with this condition, lactase production declines over time. This decline often begins at about age 2; however, the decline may begin later. Children who have lactase deficiency may not experience symptoms of lactose intolerance until late adolescence or adulthood. Researchers have discovered that some people inherit genes from their parents that may cause a primary lactase deficiency. disorder, a milk allergy is a reaction by the body's immune system to one or more milk proteins. An allergic reaction to milk can be life threatening even if the person eats or drinks only a small amount of milk or milk product. A milk allergy most commonly occurs in the first year of life, while lactose intolerance occurs more often during adolescence or adulthood.1,2 • Secondary lactase deficiency results from injury to the small intestine. Infection, diseases, or other problems may injure the small intestine. Treating the underlying cause usually improves the lactose tolerance. • Developmental lactase deficiency may occur in infants born prematurely. This condition usually lasts for only a short time after they are born. • Congenital lactase deficiency is an extremely rare disorder in which the small intestine produces little or no lactase enzyme from birth. Genes inherited from parents cause this disorder. 1Boyce JA, Assa'ad A, Burks AW, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergy in the United States: report of the NIAID-sponsored expert panel. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2010;126(6 suppl.):S1–S58. 2Suchy FJ, Brannon PM, Carpenter TO, et al. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference: lactose intolerance and health. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010;152(12):792–796. 2 Lactose Intolerance Who is more likely to have lactose intolerance? In the United States, some ethnic and racial populations are more likely to have lactose intolerance than others, including African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians, and Asian Americans. The condition is least common among Americans of European descent.2 What are the symptoms of lactose intolerance? Common symptoms of lactose intolerance include • abdominal bloating, a feeling of fullness or swelling in the abdomen • abdominal pain • diarrhea • gas • nausea Symptoms occur 30 minutes to 2 hours after consuming milk or milk products. Symptoms range from mild to severe based on the amount of lactose the person ate or drank and the amount a person can tolerate. How does lactose intolerance affect health? In addition to causing unpleasant symptoms, lactose intolerance may affect people's health if it keeps them from consuming enough essential nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D. People with lactose intolerance may not get enough calcium if they do not eat calcium-rich foods or do not take a dietary supplement that contains calcium. Milk and milk products are major sources of calcium and other nutrients in the diet. Calcium is essential at all ages 3 Lactose Intolerance for the growth and maintenance of bones. A shortage of calcium intake in children and adults may lead to bones that are less dense and can easily fracture later in life, a condition called osteoporosis. How is lactose intolerance diagnosed? A health care provider makes a diagnosis of lactose intolerance based on • medical, family, and diet history, including a review of symptoms • a physical exam • medical tests Medical, family, and diet history. A health care provider will take a medical, family, and diet history to help diagnose lactose intolerance. During this discussion, the health care provider will review a patient's symptoms. However, basing a diagnosis on symptoms alone may be misleading because digestive symptoms can occur for many reasons other than lactose intolerance. For example, other conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or small bowel bacterial overgrowth can cause digestive symptoms. Physical exam. A physical exam may help diagnose lactose intolerance or rule out other conditions that cause digestive symptoms. During a physical exam, a health care provider usually • checks for abdominal bloating • uses a stethoscope to listen to sounds within the abdomen • taps on the abdomen to check for tenderness or pain A health care provider may recommend eliminating all milk and milk products from a person's diet for a short time to see if the symptoms resolve. Symptoms that go away when a person eliminates lactose from his or her diet may confirm the diagnosis of lactose intolerance. Medical tests. A health care provider may order special tests to provide more information. Health care providers commonly use two tests to measure how well a person digests lactose: • Hydrogen breath test. This test measures the amount of hydrogen in a person's breath. Normally, only a small amount of hydrogen is detectable in the breath when a person eats or drinks and digests lactose. However, undigested lactose produces high levels of hydrogen. For this test, the patient drinks a beverage that contains a known amount of lactose. A health care provider asks the patient to breathe into a balloon-type container that measures breath hydrogen level. In most cases, a health care provider performs this test at a hospital, on an outpatient basis. Smoking and some foods and medications may affect the accuracy of the results. A health care provider will tell the patient what foods or medications to avoid before the test. • Stool acidity test. Undigested lactose creates lactic acid and other fatty acids that a stool acidity test can detect in a stool sample. Health care providers sometimes use this test to check acidity in the stools of infants and young children. A child may also have glucose in his or her stool as a result of undigested lactose. The health care 4 Lactose Intolerance provider will give the child's parent or caretaker a container for collecting the stool specimen. The parent or caretaker returns the sample to the health care provider, who sends it to a lab for analysis. How much lactose can a person with lactose intolerance have? Most people with lactose intolerance can tolerate some amount of lactose in their diet and do not need to avoid milk or milk products completely. Avoiding milk and milk products altogether may cause people to take in less calcium and vitamin D than they need. See the "Calcium and Vitamin D" section. Individuals vary in the amount of lactose they can tolerate. A variety of factors—including how much lactase the small intestine produces—can affect how much lactose an individual can tolerate. For example, one person may have severe symptoms after drinking a small amount of milk, while another person can drink a large amount without having symptoms. Other people can easily eat yogurt and hard cheeses such as cheddar and Swiss, while they are not able to eat or drink other milk products without having digestive symptoms. Research suggests that adults and adolescents with lactose malabsorption could eat or drink at least 12 grams of lactose in one sitting without symptoms or with only minor symptoms. This amount is the amount of lactose in 1 cup of milk. People with lactose malabsorption may be able to eat or drink more lactose if they eat it or drink it with meals or in small amounts throughout the day.2 How is lactose intolerance managed? Many people can manage the symptoms of lactose intolerance by changing their diet. Some people may only need to limit the amount of lactose they eat or drink. Others may need to avoid lactose altogether. Using lactase products can help some people manage their symptoms. For people with secondary lactase deficiency, treating the underlying cause improves lactose tolerance. In infants with developmental lactase deficiency, the ability to digest lactose improves as the infants mature. People with primary and congenital lactase deficiency cannot change their body's ability to produce lactase. Eating, Diet, and Nutrition People may find it helpful to talk with a health care provider or a registered dietitian about a dietary plan. A dietary plan can help people manage the symptoms of lactose intolerance and make sure they get enough nutrients. Parents, caretakers, childcare providers, and others who serve food to children with lactose intolerance should follow the dietary plan recommended by the child's health care provider or registered dietitian. Milk and milk products. Gradually introducing small amounts of milk or milk products may help some people adapt to them with fewer symptoms. Often, people can better tolerate milk or milk products by having them with meals, such as having milk with cereal or having cheese with crackers. 5 Lactose Intolerance People with lactose intolerance are generally more likely to tolerate hard cheeses, such as cheddar or Swiss, than a glass of milk. A 1.5‑ounce serving of low-fat hard cheese has less than 1 gram of lactose, while a 1-cup serving of low-fat milk has about 11 to 13 grams of lactose.2 However, people with lactose intolerance are also more likely to tolerate yogurt than milk, even though yogurt and milk have similar amounts of lactose.2 Lactose-free and lactose-reduced milk and milk products. Lactose-free and lactose-reduced milk and milk products are available at most supermarkets and are identical nutritionally to regular milk and milk products. Manufacturers treat lactose-free milk with the lactase enzyme. This enzyme breaks down the lactose in the milk. Lactose-free milk remains fresh for about the same length of time or, if it is ultra-pasteurized, longer than regular milk. Lactose-free milk may have a slightly sweeter taste than regular milk. Lactase products. People can use lactase tablets and drops when they eat or drink milk products. The lactase enzyme digests the lactose in the food and therefore reduces the chances of developing digestive symptoms. People should check with a health care provider before using these products because some groups, such as young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, may not be able to use them. Calcium and Vitamin D Ensuring that children and adults with lactose intolerance get enough calcium is important, especially if their intake of milk and milk products is limited. The amount of calcium a person needs to maintain good health varies by age. Table 1 illustrates recommendations for calcium intake. Table 1. Recommended Dietary Allowance of calcium by age group Recommended Dietary Allowance (mg/day) Age Group 1–3 years 700 mg 4–8 years 1,000 mg 9–18 years 1,300 mg 19–50 years 1,000 mg 51–70 years, males 1,000 mg 51–70 years, females 1,200 mg 70+ years 1,200 mg 14–18 years, pregnant/breastfeeding 1,300 mg 19–50 years, pregnant/breastfeeding 1,000 mg Source: Adapted from Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, November 2010. A U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance for calcium has not been determined for infants. However, researchers suggest 200 mg of calcium per day for infants age 0 to 6 months and 260 mg for infants age 6 to 12 months.3 Many foods can provide calcium and other nutrients the body needs. Nonmilk products high in calcium include fish with soft bones, such as canned salmon and sardines, and dark green vegetables, such as spinach. Manufacturers may also add calcium to fortified breakfast cereals, fruit juices, and soy beverage—also called soy milk. Many fortified foods are also excellent sources of vitamin D and other essential nutrients, in addition to calcium. 3Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D. 2010. Report. 6 Lactose Intolerance Table 2 lists foods that are good sources of dietary calcium. Table 2. Calcium content in common foods Nonmilk Products Calcium Content sardines, with bone, 3.75 oz. 351 mg rhubarb, frozen, cooked, 1 cup 348 mg soy milk, original and vanilla, with added calcium and vitamins A and D 299 mg spinach, frozen, cooked, 1 cup 291 mg salmon, canned, with bone, 3 oz. 181 mg pinto beans, cooked, 1 cup 79 mg broccoli, cooked, 1 cup 62 mg soy milk, original and vanilla, unfortified, 1 cup 61 mg orange, 1 medium 52 mg lettuce, green leaf, 1 cup 13 mg tuna, white, canned, 3 oz. 12 mg Milk and Milk Products yogurt, plain, skim milk, 8 oz. 452 mg milk, reduced fat, with added vitamins A and D, 1 cup 293 mg Swiss cheese, 1 oz. 224 mg cottage cheese, low fat, 1 cup 206 mg ice cream, vanilla, 1/2 cup 84 mg Source: Adapted from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2013. USDA national nutrient database for standard reference, release 26. Vitamin D helps the body absorb and use calcium. Some people with lactose intolerance may not get enough vitamin D. Foods such as salmon, tuna, eggs, and liver naturally contain vitamin D. Most milk sold in the United States is fortified with vitamin D, and vitamin D is added to some nonmilk beverages, yogurts, and breakfast cereals. People's bodies also make vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight. People may find it helpful to talk with a health care provider or a registered dietitian to determine if their diet provides adequate nutrients—including calcium and vitamin D. To help ensure coordinated and safe care, people should discuss their use of complementary and alternative medical practices, including their use of dietary supplements, with their health care provider. Read more at www.ods.od.nih.gov and www.nccam.nih.gov. 7 Lactose Intolerance What products contain lactose? • protein powders and bars Lactose is present in many food products and in some medications. • nondairy liquid and powdered coffee creamers Food Products • nondairy whipped toppings Lactose is in all milk and milk products. Manufacturers also often add milk and milk products to boxed, canned, frozen, packaged, and prepared foods. People who have digestive symptoms after consuming a small quantity of lactose should be aware of the many food products that may contain even small amounts of lactose, such as • candies People can check the ingredients on food labels to find possible sources of lactose in food products. If a food label includes any of the following words, the product contains lactose: • milk • lactose • bread and other baked goods • whey • waffles, pancakes, biscuits, cookies, and the mixes to make them • curds • processed breakfast foods such as doughnuts, frozen waffles and pancakes, toaster pastries, and sweet rolls • dry milk solids • milk by-products • nonfat dry milk powder • processed breakfast cereals Medications • instant potatoes, soups, and breakfast drinks Some medications also contain lactose, including prescription medications such as birth control pills and over-the-counter medications such as products to treat stomach acid and gas. These medications most often cause symptoms in people with severe lactose intolerance. People with lactose intolerance who take medications that contain lactose should speak with their health care provider about other options. • potato chips, corn chips, and other processed snacks • processed meats such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and lunch meats • margarine • salad dressings • liquid and powdered milk-based meal replacements 8 Lactose Intolerance Points to Remember • Lactose is a sugar found in milk and milk products. • Lactose intolerance is a condition in which people have digestive symptoms—such as bloating, diarrhea, and gas—after eating or drinking milk or milk products. • A health care provider makes a diagnosis of lactose intolerance based on medical, family, and diet history, including a review of symptoms; a physical exam; and medical tests. • Basing a diagnosis on symptoms alone may be misleading because digestive symptoms can occur for many reasons other than lactose intolerance. • Most people with lactose intolerance can tolerate some amount of lactose in their diet and do not need to avoid milk or milk products completely. However, individuals vary in the amount of lactose they can tolerate. • Research suggests that adults and adolescents with lactose malabsorption could eat or drink at least 12 grams of lactose in one sitting without symptoms or with only minor symptoms. This amount is the amount of lactose in 1 cup of milk. 9 Lactose Intolerance • Many people can manage the symptoms of lactose intolerance by changing their diet. Some people may only need to limit the amount of lactose they eat or drink. Others may need to avoid lactose altogether. • People may find it helpful to talk with a health care provider or a registered dietitian to determine if their diet provides adequate nutrients— including calcium and vitamin D. To help ensure coordinated and safe care, people should discuss their use of complementary and alternative medical practices, including their use of dietary supplements, with their health care provider. • Lactose is in all milk and milk products. Manufacturers also often add milk and milk products to boxed, canned, frozen, packaged, and prepared foods. People can check the ingredients on food labels to find possible sources of lactose in food products. Hope through Research For More Information The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' (NIDDK's) Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition conducts and supports basic and clinical research into digestive disorders such as lactose intolerance. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606–6995 Internet: www.eatright.org Clinical trials are research studies involving people. Clinical trials look at safe and effective new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. To learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate, visit the NIH Clinical Research Trials and You website at www.nih.gov/health/ clinicaltrials. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov. 10 Lactose Intolerance International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders 700 West Virginia Street, Suite 201 Milwaukee, WI 53204 Phone: 1–888–964–2001 or 414–964–1799 Fax: 414–964–7176 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.iffgd.org Acknowledgments Publications produced by the Clearinghouse are carefully reviewed by both NIDDK scientists and outside experts. This publication was originally reviewed by Eric Sibley, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine. Rachel Fisher, M.S., M.P.H., R.D., and Jean Pennington, Ph.D., R.D., Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, NIDDK, reviewed the 2009 version of the publication. Ms. Fisher and Margaret A. McDowell, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Health, reviewed the updated version of the publication. 11 Lactose Intolerance You may also find additional information about this topic by visiting MedlinePlus at www.medlineplus.gov. This publication may contain information about medications and, when taken as prescribed, the conditions they treat. When prepared, this publication included the most current information available. For updates or for questions about any medications, contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration toll-free at 1–888–INFO–FDA (1–888–463–6332) or visit www.fda.gov. Consult your health care provider for more information. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse 2 Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892–3570 Phone: 1–800–891–5389 TTY: 1–866–569–1162 Fax: 703–738–4929 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1980, the Clearinghouse provides information about digestive diseases to people with digestive disorders and to their families, health care professionals, and the public. The NDDIC answers inquiries, develops and distributes publications, and works closely with professional and patient organizations and Government agencies to coordinate resources about digestive diseases. This publication is not copyrighted. The Clearinghouse encourages users of this publication to duplicate and distribute as many copies as desired. This publication is available at www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov. NIH Publication No. 14–7994 May 2014 The NIDDK prints on recycled paper with bio-based ink.
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28 April 2009
Following the conclusion of the successful three-day production and operational testing period, Abengoa Solar has begun commercial operation of the new PS20 solar power tower plant located at the Solúcar Platform, near Seville (Spain). According to Abengoa sources, over the course of the testing period, PS20 surpassed the predicted power output, "thus further validating the high potential of power tower technology".
PS20 is the world's second power tower plant in commercial use. PS20 features a number of significant technological improvements with respect to PS10, the first commercial power tower. These enhancements, developed by Abengoa Solar, include a higher-efficiency receiver, various improvements in the control and operational systems, and a better thermal energy storage system. Plant construction was carried out by Abener.
According to Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar, "generating more power during production testing than the design output is indeed a significant milestone. The technological breakthroughs we have achieved, coupled with our cumulative expertise, have enabled us to take a qualitative leap forward in our power tower technology."
With a power capacity of 20MW, double that of PS10, the new PS20 solar power plant will produce enough clean energy to supply 10,000 homes, and will avoid the emission of approximately 12,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere that a conventional power plant would have produced.
PS20 consists of a solar field made up of 1,255 mirrored heliostats designed by Abengoa Solar. Each heliostat, with a surface area of 1,291 square feet, reflects the solar radiation it receives onto the receiver, located on the top of a 531 feet-high tower , producing steam which is converted into electricity generation by a turbine.
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Way to go South Bend Civic Theatre on getting the word out on this one (I'm being ironic).
Here we are days away from the festival, and the only reason I know about it is because I have dear friends involved with Civic's submission to the Indiana Community Theatre League Festival (ICTL).
Here's the skinny if you find yourself in Muncie, looking for good theater this weekend; the information following can be found at ICTL's website:
ICTL/AACT 2009 Festival
|Written by Dottie Peek
|Tuesday, 17 March 2009
|March 27, 28 & 29, 2009
Muncie Civic Theatre
Muncie, IN
11 Companies to Perform in ICTL Festival
What an exciting Festival is planned. There will be three performing on Friday evening beginning at 6:00 PM and a party afterwards. Saturday morning there will be two entries beginning at 9:00 am, with four Saturday afternoon starting at 12:30 and two Saturday evening beginning at 7:45. Individuals can pay the $25 registration fee and attend all eleven shows, or individual session tickets are available.
The companies entered and their shows are:
Participating Theaters: Click here for Tech/Load-In/Performance Schedule
|Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 March 2009 )
South Bend Civic's Intimate Apparel will perform at 9:10 Friday evening. As indicated above go to ICTL's website for more information.
I can say that Intimate's original full production in June was a piece of beautiful theatre, and the cutting required to participate in the Festival retains its core. The intimate quiet moments remain and continue to move. I recommend you catch it if you can.
Tags: Dana Vagg, ICTL, Indiana Community Theatre League, Indiana Community Theatre League Festival, Matt Davidson, SBCT, South Bend Civic Theatre


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Oh Stockholm
I'm beginning to wonder if all real estate in Stockholm looks this amazing? I love the simple decor and gold pendant in the dining room, it's amazing.
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- AnonymousMay 30, 2012
I love the dining room with all the natural light and plants, also whatever pastry that is on the kitchen counter hehe.ReplyDelete
I ditto Kerry...ReplyDelete
This looks so light, airy and clean. I am reminded of brochures for appliances, especially brands like Bosch and Miele haha.ReplyDelete
- Julia WessmanMay 30, 2012
Ever been to Sweden? If you ever go to Stockholm (and yes, you will find homes like this) pop in at this place http://www.talentgallery.se/. I'm just a costumer so no advertising!ReplyDelete
you totally belong there. you have the exact same aesethic! been loving your blog so much lately:)ReplyDelete
the teak chair in the living room is almost exactly like the one my dad still uses. I can't wait to get my hands on it.ReplyDelete
I die. That place is amazing!ReplyDelete
I think you would be pleasantly surprised by just how normal this apartment would over here. I'm telling you. Good design just oozes from these Scandinavians! :-)ReplyDelete
Can you say 'my dreamhouse'? Seriously. Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
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- Lydia LapwingJune 01, 2012
all the flats in Scandinavia seem enormous - I wonder if their rent is enormous, too.ReplyDelete
incredible space. i love everything about it.ReplyDelete
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Children's toe walking not a sign of bigger problems
More than half of young children who toe walk will stop doing so on their own by about age 5. And most children who are toe walkers will not have any developmental or neuropsychiatric problems, a new study finds.[1]
Matt McMillen, Medscape July 24, 2012
"Walking is such a notable milestone, and if it is not typical, it is often a concern for parents and physicians," says pediatrician Lee Beers MD, who practices at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC, and who reviewed the study [1] for WebMD. It appears in the journal Pediatrics."This study certainly makes me feel more comfortable when I see toe walking in children who are otherwise developing well."
Toe walking can accompany disorders such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, but it also occurs among children who have no such underlying conditions. In such cases, children are said to be idiopathic toe walkers.
The cause is unknown, lead author Pahr Engstrom MD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, says in an email.
It could be related to nerves, muscles, a mixture of both, or another unknown factor, he says.
Prior to this study,[1] the number of children who were idiopathic toe walkers was also unknown.
|The Study
The parents of more than 1,400 children participated in the study, which was conducted in Blekinge County in southeast Sweden. At their child's routine 5.5-year checkup, parents were asked questions about their child and toe walking. Here's what the researchers found:
- Nearly 5% of all young children had toe walked at some time. However, by age 5 ½, fewer than half of them were still doing so.
- Toe walkers typically begin doing so when they first walk independently, though some walk normally during the first year and beyond.
- Former toe walkers did so for one to two years before walking normally.
- Children still toe walking at age 5 ½ do so about 25% of the time.
- Children with a diagnosed cognitive or neuropsychiatric disorder such as autism were more likely to toe walk; in the study, 41% of such children were current or past toe walkers.
|What Parents Should Know
For parents, it is important to understand that toe walking does not indicate an underlying problem for most children, says Jonathan Strober MD, a pediatric neurologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco. He was not involved in the research.
Nevertheless, he says, many parents become understandably alarmed when their child starts to toe walk. He was no exception. His 3-year-old daughter is a toe walker.
"I freaked out," he says. "As a neurologist, the worst possibilities went through my head."
Fortunately, Strober's daughter is just fine. And what he likes most about this study is that it offers reassuring evidence that the same can be said for most toe walkers.
"The fact that your kid toe walks is not a sign that they have autism," he says.
Beers agrees.
Source Medscape


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Steve Watson
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
An otherwise uninteresting article in the Salt Lake Tribune, about Utah representatives receiving different kinds of mail, has thrown up some disturbing information regarding letters about 9/11 truth.
Amongst the stories about Congressmen receiving letters from people who use "Star Trek" stationery, and from kids wanting homework outlawed, we find the following little tidbit:
"Others have written in about 9/11 conspiracies, global takeovers or secret CIA mind-control techniques that "got so crazy we actually had to hand them over to Capitol Police," he (Legislative assistant Omar Raschid) said."
Apparently not accepting the government's version of events surrounding 9/11 may land you in trouble with the cops if you're writing from Utah.
Questioning the collapse of WTC 7 for example, an incident that was totally ignored by the 9/11 Commission Report, could get you reported.
Asking your elected representative how he or she thinks a man dying from kidney failure in a cave half way across the world was able to organize four breeches of U.S. air defenses in one day might embroil you in a police investigation.
Informing your Congressman of important information which has come to light since the attacks of 9/11, implicating the highest echelons of the government and intelligence agencies in the events which have precipitated two wars in the middle east and seen the evisceration of liberty and the erection of a domestic police state over the last seven years, may be deemed a threat, and might see your details turned over to the authorities.
Residents of Utah, if you believe there is a global elite that functions beyond the realm of governments and may pose a threat to national sovereignty and the freedoms of people around the world, you are clearly thought of as "crazy".
And one more thing, the CIA is not involved with mind control.
The lesson to be learned here is clear, unless you shut up and watch the daily prole feed from the zombie box in the corner of your living room without questioning anything, you will be considered a possible threat to authority.
Perhaps our readers would care to enlighten Rep. Chris Cannon, Rep. Jim Matheson, Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Rob Bishop, all of Utah, regarding 9/11 truth. Write to them at the link below.
However, be prepared to be reported to the police if you do.
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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
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The SORTCOMPOSITE option indicates whether Oracle OLAP should perform sorting on composite values when you issue a statement, such as REPORT, that explicitly loops over the composite. The sorting brings the composite values in line with the current order of the composite's base dimension values.
By default, SORTCOMPOSITE is set to
YES, and Oracle OLAP performs the required sorting. You set SORTCOMPOSITE to
NO only when you do not care how composite values are sorted and you want to save the processing time Oracle OLAP would have spent on the sorting.
SORTCOMPOSETE affects Oracle OLAP behavior only when you have explicitly specified that looping should occur over a composite, for example when you specify the composite name after a DOWN or ACROSS keyword in a REPORT statement. Of course, when the composite has already been sorted according to the current order of its base dimensions values, Oracle OLAP does not unnecessarily sort the values again.
Data Type
(Default) In an explicitly specified loop over a composite, Oracle OLAP sorts the composite values according to the order of the composite's base dimension values (when they have not already been sorted in this way). The task of sorting requires some processing time, so when variables are large, performance can be affected.
In an explicitly specified loop over a composite, Oracle OLAP does not sort the composite values according to the order of the composite's base dimension values. Eliminating this sorting step can improve Oracle OLAP performance, when large variables are involved. See "Results with SORTCOMPOSITE Set to NO".
Usage Notes
Results with SORTCOMPOSITE Set to NO
When SORTCOMPOSITE is set to
NO, the sort order of the composite value is undefined. It is the order that demands the least processing effort from Oracle OLAP, so it depends on the activities that have preceded the statement that requires the looping. The order differs from session to session and from time to time within a session. It is not necessarily the default order for the values of the composite.
Example 5-99 Sorting on a Composite
In the following example, a variable called
coupon_count holds the number of coupons that were redeemed for certain products in certain districts.
coupon_count is dimensioned by a composite called
coupon_composite, which holds the combinations of products and districts for which coupons were distributed.
DEFINE coupon_composite COMPOSITE <product district> DEFINE coupon_count VARIABLE - INTEGER <month coupon_composite <product district>>
Assume that you issue the following statements.
SORTCOMPOSITE = YES LIMIT month TO FIRST 1 SORT product D TOTAL(coupon_count, product) REPORT DOWN coupon_composite W 15 coupon_count
With SORTCOMPOSITE set to
YES, and after the following LIMIT and SORT commands, the preceding REPORT statement produces the following report. Notice that the products are listed in descending order according to the total of Boston and Chicago figures for each product.
-COUPON_COUNT-- -----MONTH----- PRODUCT DISTRICT Jan95 ---------- ---------- --------------- Racquets Boston 93 Tents Boston 42 Canoes Boston 67 Sportswear Boston 29 Racquets Chicago 102 Tents Chicago 51
When SORTCOMPOSITE had been set to
NO, Oracle OLAP would not necessarily have looped over the
product dimension according to the sorted values of
coupon_count. The looping order would have been the order that required the least processing effort from Oracle OLAP. If
coupon_count had been a very large variable, the performance improvement might have been significant.


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right choice? wrong choice? I have to be me
Vace only does carry out
it is a popular thought that Vace pizza is the best pizza in the city
okay.... Ghepettos may be better for certain things
but Vace can not beat for its affordablility and its ease
we ordered a large pizza with pepperoni for cost just below twelve dollars
the boys loaded into the car without effort
we drove the short but greater than walking distance in the honda element
definitely not a walking option for a man with two small children intending on purchasing a pizza, a frozen lasagna, and some san peligrino soda
sure the trailer is an option... but that is not how I roll
as we drove past Jamal's Park and Shop the boys chimed in with a harmonious request to see the dogs at the pet store
there is a Petco in the Park and Shop mini strip mall established over seventy five years ago
a drive in mall that is said to be the first of its kid in US history
or something to that effect
urban now... but the birth of suburbia in its time
born in the same age as the birth of the automobile
even my 100 year old neighborhood of Mount Pleasant has a suburban past before its urban present
traffic was backed up ahead leading to the Uptown theater
with the light in my favor I hooked a mid block u-turn and dipped into the Park and Shop
with a ticket in hand I told the boys that we would give it a shot
there were no spaces
we gave it a shot
I was a few cars back in the queue waiting for a space
our shot came up empty was headed out of the park and shop
the boys returned with a harmonious request
I told them that we would go to the pet store if everyone was able to listen and follow directions
that meant listening to orders about speeding up, slowing down, stopping, or taking our hands as we take the sidewalk back to the strip
we immediately left the park and shop and saught parking on the street
the Petco was a good time killer
the drive to Vace was short
the search for the parking space was effortless
not close, but effortless
which gave us plenty of time for a walk through at the pet store
there were turtles, fish, parakettes, and guinne pigs
there was even a puppy customer shopping for a dog bed
the parakeets were the top draw
it took some bargaining to get them to leave
but no real debate
there was some begging boardering on whinning as we passed the gumball machines
but we marched on
a promise of some Jordan Almonds at Vace pleased all including myself
it was a set of long city blocks from the pet store to Vace Pizza with plenty of distractions along the way
there were all sorts of store fronts and restaurants drawing the boys attention
some open doors drawing them in
a man panhandling got less attention than the guy on guitar playing for change
a woman from work said hello before she went into a paint your own pottery place
then finally we arrived at Vace
even if the timing was such that the pizza was ready when we arrived there were still the hands of young octopi to control
they were good
but they are little boys
which makes them curious and touchy
so I issued commands as I gathered my San Peligrino, my frozen lagsagna, my frozen eggplant parmagain, and my order from the register
dean got the bag full of candy covered almonds
grant wanted to get another bag
I tried to control the situation while focusing on paying for my order with a credit card
the boys were good... human not mischievious... which in my eyes is good
the march back to the car went through the same set of meanderings
all three of us moving at slightly different paces
dean out ahead
grant dragging behind
and me trying to gather them in from the middle
there was a pee break before the car
grant peed in his pants while dean peed on a tree
I tried to get grant to use the tree
but it was not worth argueing
potty training can go that way
the house and car were close
a wet set of jeans were not worth getting worked up about
we drove home
down then up porter street
through an alley
then onto our street
ahead was some activity
some teenage mischief
as I rolled towards the intersection I tried to weigh the situation
one young man was hidden behind a telephone pole while another was behind a metal utility box
there were an assortment of other late teen aged boys walking in the middle of the street
then I caught the object of their attention
it was screaming man
the older man that lives in the woods down the street from my house
the boys were teasing and harassing the clearly crazy man with the crutch
there was space for me to flow through so I went past in my car
watching the activity all the while
the numbers were not fair
the odds were not in the favor of screaming man
I pulled over higher on my street than I would normally park
a young man dashed across the street in an aggressive yet playful way
he leaped and screamed spooking the man who was using his crutch to guard himself
it was hard to tell the intention of the pack of teen age boys
no matter their intention the homeless man was not enjoying their unwarranted attention
with the rush across the street there was mob to man contact
things had just escalated to a new level
I stepped from my car
a rock flew past screaming man's head and a bottle crashed on the street by his side
before things got out of control I rushed up the block
I shouted something characteristic of some sort caucasian stereotype in a Richard Pryor or Eddie Murpy stand up performance
without getting too preachy about the fair treatment of one's fellow man I raised my hand to the air with my cell phone
telling them to cool it before I called the police
still marching up the street with my young boys still back in the car the urban youth scattered
eye contact and a thanks was shared from the screaming man to myself
his thanks drifted off into a description of what happened with all sorts of gestures and an utterance which was not english
just unintelligible jibberish
certain his adrenalin was rushing as he was under attack
I have encountered this man many times recent years
my dogs never cared for him always barking as he passes the house
a few times they rushed him in the woods
screaming man usually talks jibberish to himself then snaps to complete coherience when talking to others
with all the excitement he was stuck in jibberish mode
but I got his point.. the hand gesture like a cup said it all... those kids have no balls
a strange irony
so much of urban culture and their quasi coolness and their quasi toughness
sucker punches
drive by shootings
gang aggression on one defenseless victim
sounds like a pack of pussies too weak to stand alone
rather than the actions of men of strength and confidence
with the kids still in the car I went back to dealing with my family
continued further down the block and parked
looked back up the hill for the urban youth
thought about what had happened
sure I put myself at risk
my car may still be at risk if these kids return
but things looked like they were going to move from stupid young tough guy talk to stupid young tough guy action
and well
I had to be me and step in between it
just like halloween night last year with the latino kids
there was moderate regret
a tad wish that I had not gotten involve
a claim that I won't let that happen again
as it turns out lisa had watched much of this unfold
apparently the young boys had flushed this man from his camp in the woods
chasing him up the street like a pack of wolves around a wounded male moose
not sure if the moose has the strength to fight off the wolves
the wolves kept their distance
last night the sound of a party down the block or around the corner had loud bass shaking our house
I thought to myself about what may unfold later that night or days to follow
would this pack of young males come back to seek vengence on me or my car?
would this group of boys come back to terrorize screaming man again?
I thought about calling the police
it seemed as if the activity had dispelled
through the night I listened for activity on the street below the sound of base
it reminded me of the time when the young boys returned after I chased them away when they stole my pumpkins on Lamont Street
they came back
like a fool I snuck around the house through the alley and met them on the sidewalk
4 comments:
- gwadzilla said...
I never called the police
the response time of the DC police would not have helped
a friend of mine who works with the courts said I should have called the police and waited 15 minutes before I got involved
from where I stood...
fifteen minutes would have been too late
my arrival was right on time
as it seemed like a moment of transition
not sure what was going to happen or what could have happened
there would have been more bottles and more rocks
maybe the run up would have progressed into a sucker punch
who knows how far this would have escalated?
in my mind it was best to "nip it in the bud"
that is what andy would have said to barney... "nip it... just nip it... nip it in the bud"
as much as I felt that I may have been at risk
I still felt I should get involved
I am glad that these young men did not turn their attention and their aggression on me
I do not want to get shot
I also do not think I can just stand on the side and look
- 9/30/2006
- Frank Brigandi said...
I get between things as well. though, i do not have your physical girth, I have more of an intentioned aire about me i've been told,when my voice or stare takes on a different meaning. it makes people look away, or freeze. a few morons have actually second guessed me, or was I the moron....hmm, I have approached groups of teenagers, young men, even men my age, acting innapropriate and disgusting toward each other or someone else. i've been in more fights than anyone i know, i never initiate them, in high school I was the kid standing up for the retarded kid getting a beating or teased, and I took on anyone willing to go towe to toe with me. for what? for the sole right of passage, no one deserves fear, in any way, for any reason, i'm the guy giving the drug dealers an earful with their thriats in my hand, that's me, the one with a stab wound, bullet scars, shotgun pocks, lacking the common sense to look away, but I can;t and never will, i never claim to be the smartest tack in the pack, but I will usually go in first and draw blood if that's the way it's going to be. yes, I have fear, but my conscience pains me more if I don;t do anything, the loss of sleep as I re-run an event I didn;t try to do anything about...it hurts worse than surgery and the scars are uglier. well, for me anyway.
- 10/01/2006
- gwadzilla said...
one problem...
I can not fight
but thtat does not stop me from sticking my neck out
maybe I am just stupid
- 10/01/2006
- Frank Brigandi said...
not stupid at all, more like, intolerant of stupid.
I learned how to fight by getting beat up.
- 10/02/2006


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Obama: Diversity of staff 'one of my highest priorities'
President Obama sees bringing a diverse set of staffers into his administration as a key part of his legacy, he said Wednesday.
"One of my highest priorities as an administration, particularly in my second term, because now I'm thinking about legacy, is to make sure that we are identifying talent from every walk of life, from every ethnic group, so that the next president will see how big a pool there is of talent out there, that can serve and wants to serve in a presidential administration," he said in an interview with Univision.
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As he has in recent weeks, Obama refuted claims that his recent nominations and appointments haven't been sufficiently diverse, and offered a wait-and-see defense.
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A brief history of Mark Zuckerberg's legal woes
Earlier this week, CNBC asked me to come on the air to discuss Facebook's legal woes. Click to viewI've spent days immersed in legal filings, and the clip, above, just scratches the surface of what I've learned. Next week comes a critical moment for Facebook, the red-hot social network that has captured Silicon Valley's imagination, and its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. After the jump, I explain why Zuckerberg will face a moment of reckoning next Wednesday, July 25, and detail a timeline of Facebook's legal battles.
In November 2003, as a student at Harvard University, Zuckerberg fell in with three classmates who were working on a new idea: ConnectU, a set of interlinked social networks for people at a single college. Zuckerberg did some work for them, but then launched his own website — what's now known as Facebook. The result: A lawsuit that just won't end. Next Wednesday, in a Boston courtroom, Zuckerberg's lawyers have their best shot at making it go away for good, at a hearing on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
Legal experts say that Zuckerberg's best shot is to get the suit dismissed on a technicality, by making a claim that the statute of limitations ran out on his opponents' charges on February 4, 2007, three years after Zuckerberg first launched Facebook.
That's a tough one, but more likely than the alternative, which is getting it dismissed on the substance of the case. One lawyer described ConnectU's charges as "squishy," which sounds bad — but in a hearing on a motion to dismiss, squishy is actually a good thing. If there's any doubt on whether a claim is valid, in such a hearing, the judge's inclination will be to let it go forward to trial. And a trial, with all its uncertainty, is the last thing Zuckerberg needs, with his stated plans to keep Facebook independent and apparent goal to pursue an IPO.
It all comes down to timing, then. With that, here's how Zuckerberg got into this legal spot. Anything missing? Let me know in the comments, and I'll update it.
December 2002: Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra conceive of a college social network and hire Sanjay Mavinkurve to work on what later becomes ConnectU
May 2003: Mavinkurve graduates from Harvard, with the site still unfinished; Victor Gao, another Harvard student, later picks up work on the site
November 2003: After Gao leaves the project, ConnectU's founders hire Mark Zuckerberg to work on Harvard Connection, a website that later became ConnectU
January 11, 2004: While still promising to finish Harvard Connection, Zuckerberg registers the domain for thefacebook.com, a fact that the ConnectU founders allege that didn't disclose in a meeting three days later
February 4, 2004: Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com
April 2004: Facebook expands to other colleges
April 13, 2004: Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskowitz, and Eduardo Saverin form Thefacebook.com LLC, a partnership (despite this, Saverin is not credited today as a founder by the company)
Spring 2004: ConnectU hires a Web-development firm, iMarc
May 2004: Cameron Winklevoss allegedly emails his father detailing a plan to steal email addresses from Facebook's website
May 2004: Having appealed to Harvard administrators, without success, to rule that Zuckerberg violated the school's honor code, ConnectU's founders appeal to Harvard president Larry Summers, who also rebuffs them
May 21, 2004: ConnectU launches its first website, Harvard Connection
June 11, 2004: ConnectU's founders allegedly ask iMarc to write a script that automatically logs into the Facebook website and harvests users' email addresses; iMarc refuses
July 22, 2004: ConnectU's founders allegedly send thousands of emails to Facebook users inviting them to join ConnectU
September 2, 2004: ConnectU files a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and other Facebook founders
February 2005: Facebook blocks ConnectU's alleged continued attempts to harvest emails from its website
May 26, 2005: Accel Partners invests $13 million in Facebook
August 23, 2005: Facebook, at bad-boy entrepreneur Sean Parker's instigation, buys the facebook.com domain name for $200,000
October 14, 2005: Facebook's founders file a motion to dismiss ConnectU's lawsuit
September 11, 2006: Facebook allows any user with an email address to join the site, and its user base begins to grow explosively
March 9, 2007: Facebook files a countersuit against ConnectU, charging it, among other things, with violating antispam laws
March 28, 2007: A court dismisses ConnectU's original lawsuit, without prejudice, allowing ConnectU to immediately file a new lawsuit against Facebook's founders as well as the company itself
June 23, 2007: Court grants a hearing on a motion to dismiss ConnectU's lawsuit against Facebook, scheduled for July 25


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Waits at driver licensing offices are getting shorter, and hundreds of thousands of people a year are eliminating the wait altogether with a few mouse clicks on the DOL website.
After 21 office closures or modifications and other additional budget cuts, DOL continues to add new services to its website. The latest, rolled out in September, allows people who have moved to change their address online. It's required by law that the address is kept up to date.
Drivers and ID card holders can go to dol.wa.gov to change their address, replace a lost or stolen card and get a copy of their driving record. Most people can also renew their driver license or ID card online every other time it is due for renewal.
"We are building a system in very tight budget times that allows many people to only have to visit one of our offices every ten years," DOL Director Alan Haight said. "This is allowing our existing staff to keep up with the in-office demands of about 5.2 million drivers, a number that is increasing every day."
Haight says that the agency is on track to serve more than 500,000 transactions over the web in 2011, a dramatic increase from 120,000 three years ago. He says the web will help the agency simply keep up with the growing state population.
The agency typically sees the highest customer volumes and office wait times during the summer months. This year, though, office wait times were significantly lower, averaging less than 30 minutes statewide.
"These are tough economic times for families and government alike, but we can't let cuts to our budget stop us from providing customers with faster, more convenient service options," Haight said. "These types of services are more important than ever."


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Stephen Zwirn, Assistant Curator in the Byzantine Collection, retired from Dumbarton Oaks this June. In twenty-six years of curatorial work, Stephen has played an integral role in the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum.
On the occasion of his retirement, Stephen recently gave an interview for the Dumbarton Oaks Oral History Project. First introduced to Dumbarton Oaks in the late 1970s as a student from New York University, Stephen's long and fruitful curatorial tenure has spanned a third of the institution's history, over a quarter of a century, through four directorships and through two major renovation projects.
The first of these major renovation projects occurred between 1987 and 1989 when the Director, Robert Thompson, launched a construction project that would literally change the shape of the museum. Working with then Curator of the Byzantine Collection, Susan Boyd, Stephen redesigned the galleries and reinstalled the collection, taking advantage of this opportunity to reinterpret the collection and to reimagine its narrative implications. Twenty years later, under the directorship of Edward Keenan, another major construction project gave Stephen a second opportunity to completely reinstall the collection under the guidance of the current Director of the Museum, Gudrun Bühl. Few curators have the opportunity to affect such profound and long-lasting change on the presentation of a museum's permanent collection, but Stephen has done it no less than twice at Dumbarton Oaks.
Stephen's plans for his retirement include a wealth of scholarly projects, and Dumbarton Oaks looks forward to his continued contributions to Byzantine Studies.